Overview of the week
Election 2023: Welcome to the menagerie
A short list of sights that a foreign tourist can see only in Serbia and honestly breathe a sigh of relief that he does not live there
Personnel policy
The new acting director of the BIA: The man who listened to the secret recordings of Vučić's conversations
Tomislav Radovanović, then head of the UKP's Special Investigative Methods Service, claimed that he listened to all 1800 conversations in which the President of Serbia was allegedly eavesdropped. His conclusion: there is nothing suspicious about them
Politics
And BIA moved into acting status, a new director was appointed
Tomislav Radovanović, former head of the Service for Special Investigation Methods of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was appointed acting director of the Security and Information Agency.
Surveillance of mobile phones I
Eavesdropping available to everyone
Under the guise of protecting children, emotional relationships, and checking workers in companies, a few Serbian websites offer digital espionage services, i.e. surveillance of mobile devices and computers. It is enough to type similar words in the search engine, and as a result, online stores will appear that offer tempting equipment, which acts as a prop for shooting a spy movie, but one without any contact with reality and for which the laws of this country do not apply
This situation
In the new issue: Service in the defense of zoos
How did the President of Serbia announce the blackmail of Đorđe Miketić? Why did it boomerang back into the regime? What role do Dijana Hrkalović and Đuka play? What and to whom is being told now, and along the way falsified and subverted? Are there laws, service rules and moral norms that will not be broken? And why does Serbia like this have to stop
War of Spies
Catch me if you can, before the election
The Serbian government estimated that any mobilization is beneficial, especially if it is based on fear of an external enemy, and even more so if that enemy is a Croat, and pushed the story into the media. This is how the gap between Zagreb and Belgrade deepened, now widened by the affair that brought to light the old story of the struggle between the two services for primacy in this part of Europe.
TV maniac
The story of George
This campaign will be remembered for how it became – personal. Just as Gasić from the police will call you to vote, and the President will call you like in Monty Python, so the BIA will remind you what you did last summer, another summer or winter
This situation
Service in the defense of zoos
How did the President of Serbia announce the blackmail of Đorđe Miketić? Why did it boomerang back into the regime? What role do Dijana Hrkalović and Đuka play? What and to whom is being told now, and along the way falsified and subverted? Are there laws, service rules and moral norms that will not be broken? And why does Serbia like this have to stop
Politics
Who is the director of the BIA, Vulin or someone else?
The BIA website still states that Vulin is the director. In the documents from the sessions of the Government of Serbia on personnel decisions, there is no decision on his dismissal, nor on the appointment of a new director or acting director.
Shift in BIA
Departure of breeders from Jovanjica
As if he had returned from a one-year vacation and rehabilitation, Aleksandar Vulin (pictured) joined the latest campaign, quickly switching from the security field to the political field, which is closer and more natural to him, although over time wearing a uniform became a fetish for him. He didn't do much to explain why he was blacklisted by the US government and how they connected him to transnational organized crime - for him, such qualifications are just another proof that he did his job well and conscientiously in all public functions
Politics
Vulin announced his resignation: Vučić let me decide for myself
"I submitted my resignation because I felt that I had no right to sacrifice Serbia, due to my remaining in office," said the former director of the Security and Information Agency.
Politics
Vučić on Vulin's resignation: He is my friend, I look forward to new cooperation
"Vulin is not an agent of Russia, as some have often said, and I don't want to say who is an agent of some other countries, primarily Western ones," said the President of Serbia.
Politics
US Embassy: We do not staff in Serbia, sanctions against Vulin remain
"We look forward to continuing to deepen our partnership with Serbia on the way to its full integration into Europe and the Euro-Atlantic community," the US embassy said.
Comment
Resignation of BIA director: Serbian head Aleksandar Vulin
Just as Pašić and regent Aleksandar Karađorđević sacrificed Apis in 1917 in fear that Serbia could be left stranded if there was a separate peace between the Entente and the Central Powers, so Vučić and Ana Brnabić in 2023, afraid of sanctions, send "on foot" to the European Union and "Vulin's head" to America. In a twist, this parallel comes from a statement by the former director of the BIA
Serbia
Aeksandar Vulin resigned as head of the BIA
The director of the Security and Information Agency, Aleksandar Vulin, resigned as the head of that agency
Overview of the week
Milan Radoičić: Arcana for the XXI century
Does Aleksandar "Hadži" Vulin address the vice-president of the Serbian List as "commander" today, the same way the police generals used to beat Arkana
Announcement of the Security and Information Agency
BIA: Vulin was on a working visit to Israel
The Security-Information Agency announced that its head Alexander Vulin was not on a private, but an official visit to Israel. The BIA did not explain why Vulin was in Jerusalem during one of the biggest security crises shaking Serbia
Interview: Predrag Simonović, retired policeman
MUP has never been so criminalized
"A person may not have to know exactly what he wants, but he must know what he doesn't want. I didn't want to be a criminal and act on illegal orders. I personally know most of the MUP members who have been arrested in the last couple of years. They ended up in prison because they unquestioningly carried out all the orders, knowing that some of them were not according to the law. And it always comes at a cost"
Sanctions to Alexander Vulin
The US Embassy closed its doors: We did not invite Vulin to the ceremony
The Embassy confirmed that the celebration of the anniversary of the "Halliard" mission is an event that "brings together Americans and Serbs to commemorate an incredible act of heroism" every year.
Overview of the week
Society on the exam: Jovanjica, the mirror of the government
Why is the drowning in the dark of the Jovanjica case crucial for the regime? How important is Predrag Koluvija himself? And because of what the lives of inspectors Slobodan Milenkovic and Dusan Mitić are in danger
The "Jovanjica" case
In the new issue: On the attack of the Service and the clans
Hour by hour, new news arrives about the threat to the lives of the criminal inspectors who exposed Jovanjica and arrested the owner of the estate, Predrag Koluvia, and the police and security services still do not provide a security assessment. The question is why
Jovanjica: The biggest political, police and judicial scandal in Serbia
Power against law and justice
The removal of Slobodan Milenković and Dušan Mitić is pressure on the former before the announced testimony in court and revenge on the latter who testified about the involvement of the top military and civilian security services and the MUP in Jovanjica. The dismissal also halted the investigation, because Milenkovic submitted a written request to the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime to bring the investigation to an end "in connection with financing, logistics, distribution and support at the state level for the production of marijuana in Jovanjica" - the so-called Jovanjica 3. The dismissal is and the announcement of the worst attack on inspectors so far
Politics
Organizer of concerts of Russian bands expelled from Serbia
Yevgeni was ordered to leave Serbia within seven days and banned from entering Serbia for one year, announced anti-war activist Peter Nikitin.
Jovanjica: Service in the service of crime
In the new issue: Honest police officers in the crosshairs of the regime
From the stalking of Chief Slobodan Milenkovic, who exposed Jovanjica through media control, to the communication of the owner of the Jovanjica estate, Predrag Koluvija, with the former director of the BIA and the current Minister of Police, Bratislav Gašić, so much evidence is emerging about the connection of the secret service with one of the biggest cases of organized crime that no one defendants, nor from state officials and does not try to hide it
Chronicle
Inspector Slobodan Milenkovic is again being monitored by the BIA
Lawyer Zdenko Tomanović announced that "Milenković noticed unknown persons who were undertaking the actions of remote audio and video recording and direct physical escort, both in the facility where he was located, and during the movement of Milenković."
Russia and Serbia
A Russian opposition member and activist was denied temporary residence in Serbia
The Russian anti-war activist Vladimir Volokhonski was refused an extension of his temporary stay in Serbia, the non-governmental Russian Democratic Society, of which Volokhonski is a co-founder, announced on July 25.
